Motor-vehicle bumper



B. P. HANsoN MOTOR VEHICLE BUMPER April 6, 1925.

Filed Dec'. 3lI 1925 In/vento@ abbo/anzi;

Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

E'NNIE 1J. nANsON, or CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, AssIGNOR To EDWARD L. MOORE, or

I l WATERLOO, IOWA. Y Y

VMo'ron-VEHICLE BUMPER'.

' Application fnean'ecember 31, 1925. serial no. 78,600.

'i To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENNIE P. HANSON, citizen of, thek United States, residing at Cedar Falls, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, have `invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Motor- Vehicle Bumpers, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in motor vehicle bumpers, and the obj ect Of my improvements is to supply effective and simple means for rigidly mounting bumpers upon the frames of motor cars, and to effect other improvements in the structures of the buffer elements and their connections in such devices.

These objects I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that slight variations in the specific embodiments of .saidA improvements are nevertheless coveredby the scope of my invention. l

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a daan perspective view of kone ofmy improved bumpers as mounted upon a frameVv side-bar of a Amotor car, and Fig. 2 is a'fcross section thereof taken on the dotted line 2%-2 of said Fig.l1.

l adapted to be ymounted on the rear frame parts or side bars of the newer type of Ford,

cars, in which these parts are carried farther backV than in the Olde-r models in which" latter the rear ends ofthe channeled side bars terminate opposite the ends of and receive the endsv of the rear saddle-bar. My bumper and its attachments, however, may be mounted on other kinds of cars for which it may be adapted for use, or with little alteration within the scope -of the invention.

The numeral 1, then, denotes the rear portion of a frame side-bar channeled inwardly to receive one end of the medially arched saddle-bar 2 to be secured by means of1a through-bolt 1 and nut. This connection is best shown in said Fig. 2.

I supply a pair of like but reversed Y bumpers for a car, mounted rigidly but reinovably upon the rearwardly projecting part of each side-bar 1.

Eaclrbumper has means for mounting it upon the side-bar` 1, and each bumper has a rigid stem. element consisting preferably My improved bumperl is particularly of an angle-bar 3, which, as shown in Fig.v 2,'is` apposed longitudinally tov and along the under flange of the channel-bar 1 to eX- tend from below the saddle-bar 2'to project beyond the terminal f of said channel-bar.

`The said channel-bar, saddle-bar and anglebar are apertured vertically in alinement to receive a headed bolt 4 secured by a nut 5. To fasten the rear part of the anglebar 3' to the channel-bar 1, a vertical bar 65 6 has its lower part fastened to the angle` bar by means of a bolt "7' and nut 8, while its upper part is fastened to the channel-bar v 1by means of a bolt 9 and nut 10.

The numerals 16 and 17 denote bars which 70 are apposed to and along opposite sides of the depending web of the angle-bar?) be' ginning at the rear part of the vertical bar 6l in position and projecting rearwardly from the angle-bar to have their rear parts curvilinearly' divergent transversely. These bars are fastened to the angle-bar 3 by bolts 11 and nuts 12. An inclined brace-bar 13 has its rearend fastened to the angle-.bar by one of the bolts 11, and its forward end is bent angularly and fastened to vthe saddlebar 2 by 'a bolt 14 and nut 15.

Upon the divergent terminations of. the' barsl and" 17 are mounted the opposite ends yof resilient buffer-bars 2O and 21 in 8.5" `longitudinally spacedsuperposed parallel .thereacross spaced from one end thereof,

of a bumper-stem 'mounted llongitudinally 'along the side-bansaid side-bar, crossebar .i

and stem having alined bolt-holes, a. bolt traversing said bolt-holes to fasten sai d elements together, and said bumper-stem hav,-

ing a projecting resilient buffer terminal beyond the end of saidy sidebar. p

2.,The combination with a vehicle frame side-bar and a cross-bar terminally placed thereacross spaced from one end thereof,

of a bumper-stein mounted longitudinally along the side-bar, nieans for separably fastening said bumper-stein, side-bar and Cross-bar rigidly together, and a pair of transversely arranged resiliently mounted butler-bars secured upon the tree end ot said bumper-stem.

The Combination with a Vehicle frame side-bar and a Cross-bar terminally mounted thereaeross spaced from one end thereof, ot a bumper-stein positioned along` said sidebar to terminate thereheyond, nieans for securing` one end to said side-bar and CrossbarI1 other means for securing the other end part of the stein to the side-har, a brace-bar secured between said stein and said Crossbar, and transversely looped resilient butlerbars, spaced vertically, and mounted upon the projecting end of said bumper-stein.

4.. The combination with a vehicle frame channeled side-bar anda saddle Cross-bar terminally mounted thereacross in the channel thereof., of an angle-bar bumper-stem fitted longitudinally along the under face of said side-bar, all said parts being apertured inalinenient, fastening-means in said apertures to secure said parts together, a brace-bar secured between said bumper-stein and said cross-bar obliquely7 a standard rigidly connecting; said bumper-stein and said side-bar, butler-arms secured to .said binnper-stem and diverging transversely, and pair ot spaced transverse briller-bars having;` their ends connected to the ends of said lander-arms.

ln testimony whereof I aliix niy signature.

BENNIE P. HANSON. 

